1984 Oakland Athletics | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | |
City | Oakland, California | |
Record | 77–85 (.475) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Walter A. Haas, Jr. | |
General managers | Sandy Alderson | |
Managers | Steve Boros, Jackie Moore | |
Television |
KBHK-TV ( Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons) | |
Radio |
KSFO ( Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin) | |
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The Oakland Athletics' 1984 season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the A's struggled for a third consecutive season, they staged a major coup by drafting future superstar Mark McGwire with the tenth overall pick of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft. The season also marked the end of Rickey Henderson's first (of four) stints with the Athletics. His second stint would begin in 1989.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Kansas City Royals | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | — | 44–37 | 40–41 |
California Angels | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 3 | 37–44 | 44–37 |
Minnesota Twins | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 3 | 47–34 | 34–47 |
Oakland Athletics | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 7 | 44–37 | 33–48 |
Chicago White Sox | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 10 | 43–38 | 31–50 |
Seattle Mariners | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 10 | 42–39 | 32–49 |
Texas Rangers | 69 | 92 | 0.429 | 14½ | 34–46 | 35–46 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 4–9 |
Boston | 7–6 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 |
California | 4–8 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 |
Cleveland | 6–7 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 2–11 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–7–1 |
Detroit | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 8–5 |
Kansas City | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
Milwaukee | 6–7 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 2–11 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 10–3 |
Minnesota | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 1–11 |
New York | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
Oakland | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 4–8 | — | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 |
Seattle | 3–9 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 10–3 | 5–7 |
Texas | 3–9 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 6–5 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 3–10 | — | 6–6 |
Toronto | 9–4 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–6–1 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 11–1 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — |
1984 Oakland Athletics | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Mike Heath | 140 | 475 | 118 | .248 | 13 | 64 |
1B | Bruce Bochte | 148 | 469 | 124 | .264 | 5 | 52 |
2B | Joe Morgan | 116 | 365 | 89 | .244 | 6 | 43 |
SS | Tony Phillips | 154 | 451 | 120 | .266 | 4 | 37 |
3B | Carney Lansford | 151 | 597 | 179 | .300 | 14 | 74 |
LF | Rickey Henderson | 142 | 502 | 147 | .293 | 16 | 58 |
CF | Dwayne Murphy | 153 | 559 | 143 | .256 | 33 | 88 |
RF | Mike Davis | 134 | 382 | 88 | .230 | 9 | 46 |
DH | Dave Kingman | 147 | 549 | 147 | .268 | 35 | 118 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Davey Lopes | 72 | 230 | 59 | .257 | 9 | 36 |
Bill Almon | 106 | 211 | 47 | .223 | 7 | 16 |
Donnie Hill | 73 | 174 | 40 | .230 | 2 | 16 |
Jim Essian | 63 | 136 | 32 | .235 | 2 | 10 |
Mark Wagner | 80 | 87 | 20 | .230 | 0 | 12 |
Mickey Tettleton | 33 | 76 | 20 | .263 | 1 | 5 |
Jeff Burroughs | 58 | 71 | 15 | .211 | 2 | 8 |
Garry Hancock | 51 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 8 |
Steve Kiefer | 23 | 40 | 7 | .175 | 0 | 2 |
Dan Meyer | 20 | 22 | 7 | .318 | 0 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ray Burris | 34 | 211.2 | 13 | 10 | 3.15 | 93 |
Steve McCatty | 33 | 179.2 | 8 | 14 | 4.76 | 63 |
Bill Krueger | 26 | 142.0 | 10 | 10 | 4.75 | 61 |
Curt Young | 20 | 108.2 | 9 | 4 | 4.06 | 41 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lary Sorensen | 46 | 183.1 | 6 | 13 | 4.91 | 63 |
Tim Conroy | 38 | 93.0 | 1 | 6 | 5.23 | 69 |
Mike Warren | 24 | 90.0 | 3 | 6 | 4.90 | 61 |
Chris Codiroli | 28 | 89.1 | 6 | 4 | 5.84 | 44 |
Rick Langford | 3 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bill Caudill | 68 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 2.71 | 89 |
Keith Atherton | 57 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4.33 | 58 |
Tom Burgmeier | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2.35 | 8 |
Chuck Rainey | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 | 10 |
Jeff Jones | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.55 | 19 |
Dave Leiper | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 |
Gorman Heimueller | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 3 |
Jeff Bettendorf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.66 | 5 |
Mike Torrez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 |
Mark Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Garry Hancock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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